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TIL that in 1657 Otto von Guericke, having pumped the air from two copper hemispheres, creating a vacuum, showed that two teams of horses could not pull apart “nothing at all.”

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PGGV TIL a study showed that 2.6% of Ants in a colony are always active. Over 25% are observed to never be working, and 71.9% are inactive half of the time.
KYGG6 TIL cane toads (both tadpoles and adults) can survive in high salinity water.
xVElD TIL that cashews actually grow on 20 feet (6 meters) tall evergreen trees, the nut we eat is part of a larger fruit called a cashew apple, and the exterior of an un-shelled cashew has the same toxins as poison ivy.
epnKg TIL that the penis of a male honey bee explodes after mating with the queen. The 'pop' can even be heard by us.
ZpRR TIL Thailand’s date and time is 543 years ahead of us. Buddhists believe It’s the year 2555.